As you can imagine, that Trayvon Martin reference did not sit well with some, forcing Ross to issue an email to Vibe magazine explaining his lyrics.

“It’s so important that today, on the two-year anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin, we never forget that tragedy,” Ross said. “I’m never going to let the world forget that name. In my song ‘Black and White’ off Mastermind I say, ‘Trayvon Martin, I’m never missing my target.’ There I’m reminding people that if you’re a black person or a person of any color for that matter in this country, you have to be accurate, whatever moves you make, stay accurate. Even when you’re walking down the street, playing music from your car, you have to stay on point.”

“Black men are being killed and their killers [are] beating the trial,” said the rapper. “It hasn’t been this much violence against Black men since the ’60s. I am Trayvon Martin, we’re all Trayvon Martin. He was from South Florida. That could have been me or one of my homies. So, stay alert and never miss your target. Whatever that target may be. Getting out the hood, providing from your family. Stay sharp. Stay alive. Trayvon, Rest in Peace.”

Ross does know a thing or two about backlash over controversial lyrics. Last year, Reebok ended their business relationship with the rapper because of his verse on Rocko’s “U.O.E.N.O.” On the song, Ross rapped:

“Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it / I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain’t even know it.”

2 Comments

@SandoeSlim

March 2, 2014 at 5:08 PM

Rick Ross Explanation Wasn’t Good At All. It Sounds Like He Was Glorifying His Death If Anything. Rick Ross Could Have Been More Supportive Of Treyvon Especially Coming From Florida Where The Shit Happend !

Plies The Last Real Rapper Left In The Industry. Out Of All These Florida Rappers He’s The Only One I Heard Take Treyvons Defense . I Havent Heard One Supportive Song From Rick Ross And Hes Supposed To Be The Boss Of His City. A Real Boss Would Have Pulled Strings And Made Sure We Got Justice For Treyvon!!!

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Usher may be staying silent on the multiple lawsuits being hurled his way, but his mother Jonetta Patton is not!

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